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5G to reach 57% of mobile connections in LatAm by 2030: GSMA

The GSMA report stated that the region will see a 5G penetration of 11% by 2025 5G is forecast to reach 57% of the total mobile connections in Latin America in 2030, up from a current penetration of around 2%, according to a recent report...

Ericsson activates solar-powered 5G site in Texas

The 5G site in Plano, Texas is powered by solar energy and leverages integrated lithium-ion batteries Ericsson this week activated a 5G site in Plano, Texas powered by solar energy and leveraging integrated lithium-ion batteries. According to Kevin Zvokel, the company’s SVP and head of...

Broadcom, VMware deal gets conditional EU greenlight

Broadcom promises continued interoperability with VMware for rival Marvell Broadcom's proposed $61 acquisition of VMware has the go-ahead from EU regulators—with some caveats, mostly focused on continued interoperability of VMware software with rival vendors such as Marvell. According to the European Commission, Broadcom's acquisition of...

Airtel launches 5G services in Kenya

Airtel said it has launched its 5G offering in over 370 sites across the country Kenyan operator Airtel announced the launch of commercial 5G services in the African nation. With this launch, Airtel has become the second operator to launch 5G in Kenya, after Safaricom. Airtel said...

Lead-covered cables from AT&T, Verizon threaten public health: WSJ

Lead from at least 2,000 old cables has degraded over time, contaminating the water and soil in several U.S. communities, reported The Wall Street Journal In a shocking report, The Wall Street Journal found that thousands of toxic lead-covered cables have been left behind by...

Huawei unveils new AI model for industries

Huawei intends to expand its AI-powered cloud services into new areas, including government, finance and manufacturing Chinese vendor Huawei has introduced the latest version of its pre-trained Pangu AI model, as well as AI cloud services focused on industry needs. In a release, the Chinese company...

Nokia, Ooredoo Qatar demo 5G SA data call with 5G core network

Nokia highlighted that its 5G SA core will also enable VoNR technology for Ooredoo Qatar Finnish vendor Nokia announced it has successfully demonstrated what it claims to be the first data call in 5G Standalone mode in Qatar, with local carrier Ooredoo Qatar. The Nordic vendor...

Vodafone warns of cut in 5G investment if Three merger blocked

The Vodafone-Three merger is subject to approval from the Competition and Markets Authority U.K. operators Vodafone and Three could potentially reduce investments in the 5G field if local regulators block the proposed merger between the two telcos, local newspaper The Times reported Vodafone CEO Ahmed...

Dish shakes up network execs, with Mayo to retire

Dish Wireless will have a new EVP and CTO as of September, with a Vodafone alum coming onboard who will oversee both network technology strategy and operatiosr; those roles are currently held by Dave Mayo and Marc Rouanne. Mayo, Dish's EVP of network development,...

Rakuten Mobile launches Open RAN R&D initiative

Rakuten Mobile said that this O-RAN research initiative is expected to last until June 2026 Japanese operator Rakuten Mobile announced the launch of a new research and development project with the aim of developing advanced Open RAN integration infrastructure. The operator said that this launch is...

Four PIM considerations in 5G systems

Passive intermodulation (PIM) is interference that is generated when two or more simultaneous signals interact in a nonlinear environment, where passive components (as opposed to transmitting ones) can cause new, unwanted signal noise to be generated that impacts the performance of the RF system.  Why...

UNIDO, Huawei launch AI alliance for industry and manufacturing

Huawei said it will actively support AIM Global with case studies on industrial AI implementation The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Huawei, and other partners have officially launched their "Global Alliance on Artificial Intelligence for Industry and Manufacturing" (AIM Global). Led by UNIDO, AIM Global...

5G deadline caused ‘minimal disruption’ to aviation, says FAA

Passenger jets had until July 1st to upgrade their altimeters to address potential 5G interference The July 1st deadline for passenger jets to upgrade their altimeters to address potential 5G interference has come and gone, and according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the aviation...

BT Group CEO announces departure

BT Group CEO Philip Jansen has confirmed plans to leave his role in the next 12 months After months of rumors, BT Group CEO Philip Jansen has confirmed plans to leave his role in the next 12 months. In March, U.K. newspaper The Mail on Sunday reported...

Coverage, affordability issues delay 5G penetration in India: Study

5G smartphone sales in India surpassed the 100 million mark for the first time in May 2023 The mass adoption of 5G services in India is being hindered by patchy network coverage and the lack of affordable 5G smartphones in the local market, according to...

Test and Measurement: Broadband Forum launches project focused on 5G FWA for MDUs

Broadband Forum has launched a new technical project focused on enabling 5G Fixed Wireless Access to more efficiently serve multi-dwelling units (MDUs) via the re-use of existing property infrastructure cabling. Broadband Forum described several issues with using 5G FWA—particularly at mmWave frequencies, which provide the...

Orange expands 5G SA technology to new Spanish cities

In February, the Spanish carrier had launched its 5G SA network in Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and Seville Spanish telecom operator Orange has activated its 5G Standalone (SA) network in new cities across Spain. In February, the Spanish carrier had launched its 5G SA network in Madrid,...

Jio set to sign $1.7bn 5G deal with Nokia: Report

Jio has already deployed its 5G service in 6,083 cities across 36 states in India Indian telecom operator Reliance Jio Infocomm is set to sign a contract worth around $1.7 billion with Finnish vendor Nokia for the acquisition of 5G network equipment, local newspaper The...

Samsung, MediaTek hit top 5G uplink speeds with CA and 3Tx antennas

The tests achieved 5G uplink speeds of 363Mbps, said Samsung and MediaTek Samsung and MediaTek this week announced the successful testing of 5G Standalone Uplink (UL) 2CC Carrier Aggregation (CA) with C-Band UL MIMO at the former’s lab in Suwon, Korea. The pair claim the...

Korean government considers mmWave deployment incentives

The Korean government said that new operators will be given priority to use spectrum in the 28 GHz band for 5G services The South Korean government said it aims to provide more incentives to new operators to offer 5G services via spectrum in the 28...

Deutsche Telekom operates 9,200 3.6 GHz antennas

Deutsche Telekom said 95% of households in Germany can already access its 5G network German carrier Deutsche Telekom said that 9,200 of its 5G antennas in 740 cities are already transmitting on the 3.6 GHz spectrum band. In a release, the German company said it has...

Nokia and Apple enter new license agreement

Nokia said it expects to recognize the revenue related to the latest new agreement with Apple starting in January 2024 Nokia this week announced a new patent cross-license agreement with Apple to replace the current license that is due to expire at the end of...

CableLabs, TIP claim OpenWiFi offers ‘deeper level’ interoperability

OpenWiFi is a community-developed, open-source platform designed to lower the cost of developing and operating Wi-Fi networks Following the recent news that CableLabs and Telecom Infra Project (TIP) successfully validated new interoperable hardware and software and “refreshed” the OpenWiFi Community Lab, RCR Wireless News spoke with...

Docomo launches mmWave managed private 5G in Hong Kong

Docomo said that the new service is offered using mmWave technology running on 26 GHz to 28 GHz spectrum Docomo Business, the enterprise business brand of Japan’s NTT Group, has launched an end-to-end, fully managed private 5G service in Hong Kong with a vendor-agnostic approach. In...